Kevin Saez

With the rise in conversation concerning gun laws across the nation, Montclair State University’s radio station WMSC gathered a group of experts to speak about the topic and its relevance to the state of New Jersey at length in the station’s first public affairs show. “Well, one of the things that we’ve been doing is thinking about things that the station could be doing, and one of the things that came up was a public affairs show,” said Cortez. “So with that, we thought of different...

DISCLAIMER: The following article is an April Fools’ Day article. Though it may relate to real people or events, it is not factual. It was announced last Thursday that the university’s under-construction School of Communication and Media building will be re-renovated into a state-of-the-art ball pit/play place for students. The idea came to Montclair State’s own president Susan Cole when, in passing, she looked at the beams of the tower and thought, “Wouldn’t it be c...

The Montclarion has received three awards from the 2015-16 NJ Collegiate Newspaper Contest, a competition hosted by the New Jersey Press Foundation in order to reward exceptional media from student newspapers in the state. Our accolades include a first-place win for photography for Elena Medina’s photo essay “Presenting Lady Rae Pavillion,” a first-place win for a web project for our piece, “What Veterans Day Means to These Montclair State Vets” and a second-place win in the same cat...

Fans of the popular young adult novels-turned-films “The Divergent Series” should prepare themselves to be disappointed yet again with the franchises’ third film, “Allegiant.” Anyone who thought that “Allegiant” was covering the whole story based on the title and no reference of a “Part 1” label will be very upset, as the story is beyond thinned out, leaving very little plot. Following the trend of previous successes, the third and final novel of the se...

Steps away from the front of the Speech Building on the Montclair State University campus is a formidable obstacle that has made life miserable and treacherous for students, faculty and staff: a long, large, persistent muddy puddle. A virtually permanent fixture this winter, it has been the bane for the well-dressed fashion majors who often pass it to enter the Speech Building where their major is housed, as well as for the faculty and staff who have to traverse it to get inside. Dr. Marylou Na...

The strike over contract disagreements between NJ Transit and its rail unions was finally diffused this weekend after much anticipation, making Montclair State’s plans to temporarily house commuters during the first few days of the strike unnecessary. NJ.com estimated that, if the strike had taken place, about 65,000 people would have been forced to make their commute by car within 20 miles of the New York City area.This was expected to create major traffic delays, especially during rush h...

Coffee: if you’re a college student, it’s most likely a necessity. Most research suggests that a moderate coffee consumption is just fine and may even be beneficial in some cases. Good news, right? But, here’s the catch. That research is mostly done using black coffee, not your medium iced caramel swirl macchiato from Dunkin’ Donuts in the Student Center. The difference between the two? 300 calories, six grams of fat and 49 grams of sugar, and that’s just a macchiato. Ordering a Coolat...

How can Disney show adults and children that they are not racist and sexist? By using animal stereotypes to mask a plot that circles the toughest of human issues. “Zootopia” is much more than animals being civilized and running their own Utopian world. This is a film that manages to tackle gender roles, stereotypes and racial segregation through adorable animation that is fun for the whole family. “Zootopia” is another one of Disney Animation’s attempts at a comedic app...

Whenever Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels team up to produce a film, the comedy expectations are set high. Their new film, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” (“WTF”), turned out not to be a comedy or a drama or a dramedy. Instead, “WTF” was stuck in genre limbo, as it could not figure out what type of film it should be. The film is as average as can be. It was not good or bad. It was just extremely average. Fey produced and starred in “WTF...

We asked students and staff at Montclair State University what they thought of the recent partnership between Montclair State and Sony Electronics. Find out their views in our video and leave your own thoughts in our comments section....